Chinese Shrew vs Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Sorex sinalis compared with Nymphoides cordata

Key Differences

• Chinese Shrew is Data Deficient while Eight-Angled Floatingheart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Shrew	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Soricidae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Sorex	Nymphoides
Species	Sorex sinalis	Nymphoides cordata

Conservation Status

Chinese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Shrew	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Chinese Shrew

The Chinese Shrew (Sorex sinalis) is a species in the genus Sorex. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.